NEW DELHI: A seat-sharing deal between the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Bihar for the upcoming 2019 general elections is expected to be announced on Saturday in a press briefing after in the day. Talking about seat sharing formula decided by the NDA parties, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is expected to have 18 seats while Janata Dal United (JDU) 17 and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) 5 seats.

The crucial decision was finalized after LJP chief and Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan along with his son Chirag Paswan met BJP leader Arun Jaitley in the national capital Delhi. As sources stated other differences along with the seat-sharing arrangement issue between the two parties have been set on. As per the agreed pact, Paswan is also expected to be given a berth in the Rajya Sabha.

BJP national president Amit Shah had earlier announced that his party and its key partner JD(U), which is lead by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, will be contesting an equal number of seats in the politically decisive state where the BJP-led NDA had grabbed 31 seats in 2014.